Will they keep the beloved “I’m gonna sink this bitch!” riff? Found out now!
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Just wondering, has anyone else seen those great big inflatable titanic slides at carnivals? Has anyone else noticed in video
arcades those spinning, sinking titanic games
where you drop quarters? Just my 2 cents.
The only way to watch this overrated and bloated movie is with Rifftrax.Listen,if they were making fun of the people that died on that ship,then I would take issue,but since they’re not,I say,Riff away!! However,I would take issue with them doing Schindler’s List because it focuses on those who died,as well as Liam Neeson’s character.No sappy love story at all.But,since this is about Titanic,I’d say,go at it Rifftrax-sink the fricking ship!! :lol:
Totaly Agree Gary, a movie like Schindler’s list was about the victims and would be in bad taste to rift, Titanic was about anything but the real victims
Um, just so it’s clear, I don’t REALLY want to see Rifftrax do Schindler’s List…
The boat sank. Get over it.
Thanks alot Mike. I had never seen it and now you went and ruined it for me.
You could have at least put “Spoiler Alert”.
Just in case you’re serious, Manny, let me point out that there’s an expiration date on movie spoilers. Since this movie was somewhat based on a real tragedy, it’s more of a history lesson than a spoiler anyway.
Apropos of that, allow me to reveal that “Rosebud” was a sled, Soylent Green was made of people, the planet turned out to be Earth, Darth Vader was Luke’s father, Dil had a wang, and Bruce Willis was really dead the whole time. You’re welcome.
I’m fine with them riffing “titanic”. concerning the first post, I thought about whether it would be appropriate for them to riff a documentary about the Titanic. This led to thinking about documentaries and ended with me settling on the idea that it would be a wonderous thing if they ever riffed the old “In search of” show with Leonard Nimoy. That would make me happy. That and old episodes of Love Boat or Fantasy Island. But yeah, Titanic is fine too.
Does this mean the name ‘Cinema Titanic’ is completely inappropriate as well?
You could extrapolate this point to cover about two dozen or more movies MST3K, Rifftrax, or Cinema Titanic have done.
Plus, I may have my memories mixed up, but I believe the reason they can’t riff ‘Schindler’s List’ is that Kevin & Bill keep making out during the whole movie.
#24 :”Death is a terrible thing period”
How do you know, MS?! Have you ever died?
…oh, for the living, maybe?
I think I might actually watch this one…
They aren’t making fun of the people who died on the ship… the’re making fun of the actor’s whose careers should have died on the ship! :smile:
Mark: Now that you mention it, aside from Bernard Hill (he played King Theoden, remember?), few of the non-DiCaprio cast members have appeared in anything watchable since then. Did anyone actually watch The Reader, including the cast and crew?
Hoorah! They are finally going to sink this long turd!
So proud to admit I watched it alone in the theater near the end of its run. And I enjoyed most of it. I have a very sappy side, the same side that enjoys the “St. Elmo’s Fire” lovetheme with complete impunity. As well as all the best romantic moments of the “Titanic” film, with its nude modeling and antique auto window-steaming fornicado. But even I must loudly yawp about how broudly drawn and howlingly rendered was Billy Zane’s character. And that is the, pardon the expression, tip of the iceberg of offenses. So I say, have at it, Trax of Riff.
Never saw it. And I probably still won’t.
The gang and I are watching it tonight. :grin: I worked as a theatre manager when this was out. It spent 18 weeks in our largest house and I saw so many bits and pieces through out that time that collectivly I’ve seen this movie about 20 times. One more can’t hurt. Let the riffing roll!
I just remember seeing this in highschool on a double date and being very proud my date didn’t cry.
Until after it was over…in the lobby…
I believe that was our final date.
Interesting tangential discussion about what is appropriate for riffing, or more broadly, perhaps what is appropriate for comedy.
As others have pointed out, making fun of fictional characters, the massive ego of James Cameron, and the actors involved in the movie should be fine. I doubt very much that the Riffers made jokes about real people who actually died, or made light of the event itself. A fine line, perhaps, but a line nonetheless.
I assume that everyone here has no problem with M*A*S*H or Hogan’s Heroes, which made comedy out of war and death (in very different ways, of course) while never making fun of any real people (except, of course, the Nazis in Hogan’s Heroes). Somehow we have managed to make comedy out of tragedy before, and the world has gone right on spinning.
Schindler’s List keeps coming up. The reason it is not very mockable is that it treats its source material – real people in real situations – with care, respect and dignity. It is clearly crafted not to be simple entertainment. Cameron, on the other hand, just used the Titanic tragedy as a backdrop for his teen romance and special effects orgy.
To me, the real tragedy here is this awful movie, with its cliched dialogue and teen heartthrobs, as well as the hordes of people who insisted upon seeing it several times, and that stupid song which you could not get away from.
So I’m glad RT knocked it down a peg, and hope they continue to take the piss out of the Hollywood ego factory.
First of all, Titanic is a giant, overblown turd… it has nothing to do with the subject matter, or that it is a romance. It is poorly conceived, handled, and executed. It is just awful… and in comedy, the line is drawn by the viewer, not the artist. If someone doesn’t approve of what they are watching, its up to that person to decide when the line has been crossed, and then they should move on.
That being said… Mike, Kevin, and Bill are very sensible and cognitive individuals, and they have never practiced overtly insensitive comedy. They are simply poking fun of a horrible movie that deserves as much lampooning as they can possibly summon up. Next issue…
Rifftrax should do Ilsa: She-Wolf of the S.S. next.
And then they could do Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom.
C’mon people…MST3K & their chief riffers make fun of movies right. They weren’t too hard on somebody getting sold to slavery in Hellcats, the death at the finale of Super Agent Secret Dragon, or just about any other morbid scene they ever sat in front of. They’ll know how to treat the horrendous scenes depicted in Titanic. They’re pros.
Lucas D. said:
“…Bruce Willis was really dead the whole time.”
Thanks a lot, you totally spoiled ‘Die Hard’ for me now. Some people can be so rude.
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Titanic was a good movie. I really hated Billy Zane’s character, so I think that aspect worked.
That being said, I never need to see it again.
a whole lotta bashing on #1 here, i have to say i’m a bit surprised. he’s entitled to his opinion. with that said though…
i agree with most everyone else…this isn’t making fun of the sinking of the Titanic, it’s making fun of the movie. i would say the movie did it’s fair share of exploiting a real tragedy for entertainment and is therefore fair game.
i wouldn’t say that the RT guys are never insensitive but i still laugh, just a bit guiltily every now and then :P probably joe don baker would agree with me ;)
A Night to Remember is a good movie and attempts to stick with factual events. It’s a bit dated in style (early movies were always so dramatic) but worth seeing nonetheless.
I wish the guys would do a Live Riff event on New Years Eve of “The Posiedon Adventure!”
John Seavey: No no, you’re thinking of a different movie. In Die Hard he turned out to be Keyser Soze.